Chapter 10 3. The disaster caused by the reorganization of the feudal town

Now or never.The grasp of fighters is a test of the wisdom of a commander.Zhu Liang destroyed the Great Wall by himself and presented a big gift package to the enemy.The King of Jin defeated Hebei in the first battle, and since then it has been difficult for Zhu and Liang to compete for the front. Having settled Lu Long in the backyard and captured Liu Shouguang, who is like a devil in the world, Li Cunxu felt more at ease.The young king of Jin decided to adjust his strategic deployment, using Hebei as the base, and changed the original southward defensive strategy to an offensive strategy, and wanted to fight Zhu Liang.

The reason why Li Cunxu adopted a defensive strategy against Zhu Liang was that apart from strategic considerations, there was one person he was more scrupulous about, and that was Yang Shihou.Yang Shihou is a veteran general in Zhu Quanzhong's army, and also the Taishan Beidou among Zhu Liang's current military generals.Yang Shihou was like a mountain lying in front of Li Cunxu, becoming an insurmountable barrier for the Hedong army. Yang Shihou's ability to fight is recognized both within Zhu Liang and among Zhu Liang's enemies.Therefore, Li Cunxu, who had just tried his hand, did not dare to provoke Yang Shihou easily.

But no matter what kind of god of war will grow old, no matter how brilliant a strongman will die. Time created an opportunity for Li Cunxu.Li Cunxu's trip to the south this time is different from the past, this time he came prepared.Li Cunxu's opponent this time is also different from Liu Shouguang. This time it is the Zhuliang Empire with deep roots and leafy roots. By 915 AD, Yang Shihou was old.He has been galloping on the battlefield for decades, with dozens of injuries on his body.In March, Emperor Yang Shihou, king of Ye, died in office. Yang Shihou's death was originally a loss to Zhu Liang, but Liang Emperor Zhu Youzhen secretly held a banquet in the palace to celebrate.

Why is this? There are two reasons, one is that Yang Shihou is too strong, and the other is that Zhu Youzhen is too stupid. The reason why Yang Shihou is said to be too strong is because Yang Shihou often regards himself as a veteran of Zhu Quanzhong.Master Yang has made outstanding military achievements. Although he has always been very low-key and introverted, in his later years he also committed the common mistakes of ordinary people, taking credit for himself and being self-confident.Yang Shihou also supported the new emperor, which further contributed to his feeling of being good about himself.Although Yang Shihou is in Weizhou, he has high regard for civil and military officials, and even Zhu Youzhen is not in his eyes.Yang Shihou's contemptuous eyes glanced over the heads of the officials and the heart of the emperor from time to time.

Yang Shihou has another hobby in his later years, which is greed for money.Yang Shihou's large-scale amassing of wealth was nominally to enrich military supplies, but in fact he was too selfish and secretly expanded his private wealth and personal armaments.It was precisely after seeing through Yang Shihou's mentality that Zhu Youzhen used gifts of money as bait to win over Yang Shihou while secretly planning to overthrow Zhu Yougui.In order to collect money, Yang Shihou levied violently in Weibo territory, set up a clever name, and levied heavy taxes and miscellaneous taxes from farmers and passing businessmen.Not only that, Yang Shihou was so courageous that he took advantage of the imperial court and misappropriated and withheld the tribute sent to the central government without authorization. This was a blatant robbery, and it was a robbery of the imperial court.

Weibo Fanzhen's successive Jiedu envoys have the habit of setting up personal guards to serve as the internal security work of the shogunate.Later, Wei Bo rebelled several times because of the pro-military crimes committed by the tooth soldiers, which led to turbulence in the regime of the feudal town.In the process of quelling the Wei Bo rebellion, Zhu Quanzhong completely cut off the accumulated disadvantages and abolished the Yabing pro-military system.After Yang Shihou took charge of Weizhou, in order to strengthen and consolidate his dominance, he restored the dental soldier system again, and set up a silver gun effect festival with nearly a thousand people.The role and characteristics of this team can also be seen from the name. This is purely Yang Shihou's personal guard. Everyone holds silver guns, and their combat effectiveness is higher than ordinary soldiers. The number of people is enough to form an independent combat force.

Yang Shihou had hundreds of thousands of Northern Expedition field troops, the strongest feudal town in the world, enviable strong financial resources, a majestic and high-spirited guard, and the title of one person under ten thousand.Yang Shihou seems to be a star of Mount Tai Beidou style, he is simply the North Star among the stars.This is enough to make Yang Shihou feel proud, it is enough to make his peers feel jealous, and it is enough to make the emperor feel uneasy. Emperor Zhu Youzhen of Liang came to power by relying on Zhao Yan's strategy and Yang Shihou's military strength. He did not have enough power to make a fortune.Therefore, the emperor Zhu Youzhen always felt that he lacked confidence.He originally wanted to reactivate Wang Jingren and ask Wang Jingren to restrain Yang Shihou's influence in the military.However, Wang Jingren's hasty attack on Huainan failed, and Zhu Youzhen lost a valuable chess piece.

The two sides of things are universal.Since Yang Shihou can push Zhu Youzhen to the throne of the emperor, he also has the ability to remove Zhu Youzhen from the throne.Zhu Youzhen can use money to impress Yang Shihou, and others may also use more money to impress Yang Shihou.And it's very likely.Zhu Youzhen is well aware of this simple and common truth.He relies heavily on Yang Shihou on the surface, but in fact he is always on guard in his heart. There is more than one person who wants to be emperor.Zhu Youzhen's fifth younger brother Kang Wang Zhu Youjing had the idea of ​​becoming emperor.Fortunately, Zhu Youzhen found out in time and got rid of the fifth brother decisively.Once the fifth brother and Yang Shihou get married, the consequences will be unimaginable. Zhu Youzhen can't help but sweat on the back of his neck when he thinks of this place.

Despite his young age, Zhu Youzhen, who has experienced bloody storms, is very vigilant against danger. He is very worried about Yang Shihou, one hundred times, ten thousand people.Although Zhu Youzhen already hated Yang Shihou's short-lived tribute, she could still tolerate it, at least it didn't affect Zhu Youzhen's sleep.However, Zhu Youzhen was worried about Yang Shihou's loyalty, which directly caused him to suffer from insomnia. Zhu Youzhen pondered every day how to bring down Yang Shihou. It would be best if the soldiers did not use blood, and even borrowed a knife to kill someone.However, Zhu Youzhen still knew his weight. He knew very well that he should not act hastily with Yang Shihou, otherwise he would have to move his ass or his head.Zhu Youzhen was silently waiting for the opportunity.

The opportunity finally came, and it was an excellent opportunity, better than the eighteen kinds of opportunities Zhu Youzhen expected. Yang Shihou died of old illness. How respectable!How harmonious!How perfect! Zhu Youzhen was very happy when she got the news of Yang Shihou's death.The emperor jumped up from the dragon chair, turned three times on the ground, clapped four times with white onion-like hands, whistled five times with puffed cheeks, and pinched the faces of six court ladies in a row.Zhu Youzhen ordered loudly to bring seven altars of wine, put eight dishes on the table, and brought the son-in-law renter Zhao Yan, judge Shao Zan and other cronies, and they ate and drank together to celebrate Yang Shihou's death.

After three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, these bastards are already staggering drunk and talking nonsense.At this time, Zhao Yan suddenly asked in a serious manner: "Your Majesty, Yang Shihou is dead, but what about another Yang Shihou?" Hearing this, Zhu Youzhen, whose face was red and steaming, trembled all over, holding the chopsticks with the meat in front of her, and stopped in mid-air, with her mouth open for a long time, unable to speak.Zhu Youzhen rolled her eyes and asked, "What do you mean?" Zhao Yan narrowed his eyes cunningly, leaned closer to the emperor, and said slowly: "The land of Weibo has been known for its strength for two hundred years, and it has always been a serious threat to the court, but the court has nothing to do with it, why is that? " "Quick... hurry up, don't sell...it's closed!" Zhu Youzhen was so anxious that her forehead was sweating, and she had a stuttering problem again. "Wei Bo has a vast territory, a strong army, and rich products. The warlords of the past dynasties separated their rule and self-government, and it was difficult for the imperial court to fight against it. Yang Shihou is a lesson from the past, and we must prevent the latecomers from following suit." Zhao Yan said. "Then what do you say?" Zhu Youzhen asked blankly. "It's better to weaken Wei Bo's territory and implement the reorganization of the feudal towns." Zhao Yan smiled secretly. Reorganization?Is it still listed?Motherboard or GEM? No, neither.This is Zhao Yan's political tricks. Seeing that Zhu Youzhen still couldn't understand, Zhao Yan had no choice but to continue analyzing and expounding his thoughts: "Divide one town of Weibo into two towns, and separate three states from the six states to form a new feudal town, so that we can divide and rule." After Zhu Youzhen finished listening, she applauded and praised: "A clever plan, a wonderful plan. Brother-in-law is still you...you are amazing, this trick is quite sinister! Make their territory... make it smaller, let's see who among these guys dare to commit...offend Make a mess!" Seeing that Mu Mu's brother-in-law accepted his idea, Zhao Yan couldn't help blushing with excitement, and poured a large bowl of wine into his stomach with a raised neck. At this time, the Prince's Mansion of the Hedong Jin Dynasty in Taiyuan was also celebrating Yang Shihou's death. So many people celebrated Yang Shihou's death. So many important people celebrated Yang Shihou's death. I don't know what Yang Shihou under Nine Springs thinks? After the division, Weibo became the two towns of Tianxiong and Zhaode.The Zhuliang court appointed He Delun as the miniature version of Tianxiong Jiedu envoy, cut off Chanzhou (now Qingfeng County, Henan Province), Weizhou (now around Junxian County, Henan Province), and Xiangzhou (now Anyang County, Henan Province) to form Zhaode Fanzhen. Zhang Yun, the envoy of Xuanhui, was the envoy of Zhaode Jiedu.Assets, business, personnel, and finances were also redistributed as the territory was divided. The original Wei Bo's treasury, money, grain, and army were evenly distributed to the two feudal towns. He Delun and Zhang Yun, the two new envoys, set out on the road with mixed feelings of not being trusted. They knew very well why Yang Shihou died and replaced them two later generations. Dividing Wei Bo into two is not difficult. The territory can be easily separated by drawing a circle on the map. Money, food and equipment can be solved by counting the amount of trucks in the ledger, but it is much more difficult than these. How do people divide it?Inbreeding is very serious in the army of Weibofan Town, and the relationship between father and son, brother and brother is intricate.Now these soldiers who are tied up in piles and tied into bundles are divided into two places to work and serve, these people are not willing.There was a huge backlash in the army. As the coach of Wei Bo, He Delun bears the main responsibility for the reorganization of the feudal town.In order to carry out the king's order, he came out to put pressure on the army, organized mobilization, propaganda and appeasement, and was so busy that he was sweating profusely.No matter how anxious He Delun was, he urged the troops assigned to Zhaode Fanzhen several times to set off on the road, but there was no progress.In the end, He Delun had to resort to a high-pressure coercive policy.As a result, all the camps were chaotic, shouting, crying and parting. Due to the huge resistance encountered in the reorganization of the Weibo feudal town, the situation became complicated.The court of Zhu Liang also realized that the situation was much more serious than originally imagined.Worried about accidents and chaos, the imperial court sent Kaifeng Governor Liu Wei to lead an army of 60,000 troops to station Nanle, forming a threat to Wei Bo's army. The soldiers on the road did not leave the Weizhou headquarters for a long time, and He Delun asked Liu Po ​​for help.Liu Po ​​sent his general Wang Yanzhang to lead an army of 500 dragons into Weizhou, intending to forcibly drive the soldiers away on the road. The arrival of Wang Yanzhang aggravated the fluctuating mood of Weizhou soldiers.Weizhou soldiers talked a lot, thinking that the imperial court didn't trust them, and deliberately wanted to use this method to break up Weibo, break up the families of Weibo's soldiers, and take the opportunity to eliminate Weibo's power.That night there was a mutiny, and the camps were in chaos, killing and setting fire, and the rebels surrounded Wang Yanzhang's Longxiang army, clamoring to destroy the imperial army.Wang Yanzhang felt that the crisis was approaching, so he didn't dare to stay for a long time, and rushed out of Weizhou city gate to escape in the dark.The rebel army then rushed into the commander's mansion, killed more than 500 He Delun's soldiers, held He Delun hostage in the bed, climbed up the watchtower, and demanded He Delun to give an explanation.All of a sudden, the watchtower was chaotic and noisy, and the chaotic army shouted and chaotic.Hundreds of people were arguing and arguing, but no one had a good idea. At this time, a person suddenly jumped out of the crowd, who looked like a silver gun Xiaojie military academy, and his name was Zhang Yan.Zhang Yan is a low-level boss, and there are about ten people under his command, all of them are death squads.After Zhang Yan and his gang stood up, they yelled: "Everyone, stop arguing. We are officers and soldiers, not bandits. We ask the court to revoke the order to reorganize the feudal town, but we can't smash and loot! If anyone disturbs the law and order, I, Zhang Yan, will never agree, shoot and kill!" Not to mention, Zhang Yan's sudden appearance calmed down the chaotic situation.Without a clue, the rebel army accepted Zhang Yan's opinion and temporarily restored order.The Weizhou rebel army entrusted Zhang Yan to negotiate with the imperial court to fight for the rights they hoped for. At this level of trouble, the Zhuliang court was also a little flustered, and half-seriously and half-pretentiously sent envoys to appease the Wei army.The gift that the envoy brought to Zhang Yan was a high-ranking official with rich salary to win over, and promised to get Zhang Yan an official position as an assassin.But Zhang Yan still demanded to cancel the reorganization of the feudal town.The imperial envoy returned to Luoyang to report to Zhu Youzhen. He closed his eyes and said nonsense to fool the emperor, saying: "Zhang Yan is just a small character, easy to deal with. Just send more soldiers to Liu Wei to suppress it." Zhang Yan's request was delayed, but he sent envoys to deal with Zhang Yan with a foolish edict. After such procrastination, Zhang Yan and the rebellious army saw the intentions of Zhu Liang's court, and felt that it was hopeless to negotiate with the court.Without doing anything, Zhang Yan tore up the imperial edict, and cursed at the imperial court for being ungrateful and trustworthy.Zhang Yan knew that his status was low and his influence was very limited, so he was not enough to be the leader of the entire chaos army.There are so many leaders in the chaos army, and anyone who stands up casually is half taller than him.Those masters who hate the narrow roads while walking on weekdays are even more monkey kings than the monkeys in the midst of the turmoil. Who would listen to him?But Zhang Yan was worried that the night would be long and dreamy.Now Zhang Yan failed to negotiate with the imperial court, and his position is even more fragile. If he fails, he will be killed by other big bosses who lose control of their emotions as a punching bag. In desperation, Zhang Yan held back another idea.He said to the imprisoned He Delun: "The emperor is a big fool, and he is being played around by the nose. Even if you are loyal and effective, Marshal, you will not be trusted. It is estimated that you will not be able to make a name for yourself in the rest of your life." He was very depressed when he first started work. He fell into a situation where his superiors did not trust his subordinates to rebel. His mind was in a mess and he didn't know what to do. , did not comment. Zhang Yan knew that He Delun was waiting for the next sentence, so he continued to lobby: "Since we are not trusted by the imperial court, Commander, why don't we leave the Zhu family and go it alone." He Delun squinted at Zhang Yan, then looked at the guard at the door, and asked, "Do it alone? How? I don't have the ambition to be an emperor." Zhang Yan waved his hands hastily, and said, "It's not about rebelling to be the emperor, it's about finding a new backer. Although we have a strong army, if we don't have external support and allies, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to fight against the Zhu family independently. Why don't we take refuge in Hedong and form an alliance with Hedong?" .” At this moment, He Delun has both a crisis of thought and a crisis of life, and he can't come up with an accurate idea after thinking about it.In desperation, according to the intention of Zhang Yan and others, He Delun wrote a letter to Jin Wang Li Cunxu in the name of Jiedu envoy, expressing his intention to cooperate and form an alliance with Hedong. Everyone can't help but ask, isn't Wei Jun very powerful?Why do you suddenly say that you can't do it?This truth is actually not difficult to explain. The strength of the Wei army is based on Zhu Liang as the rear support, based on the unity of the Wei army, and is led by a coach who is accustomed to fighting.Now that the Wei army is alienated from morality, the relationship with Zhu Liang is broken, and the dragons have no leader, of course it is not comparable to the past. After reading He Delun's letter, Li Cunxu really felt that a big pie had fallen from the sky.The troublesome Yang Shihou has just died, and now there is another civil strife in Weibo.This is a great opportunity to attack Zhuliang!Now or never.It is not too late, soldiers are expensive and fast.Li Cunxu sent Li Cunshen, the deputy commander of the horse infantry, to lead his troops south from Zhaozhou to Linqing (now Linqing County, Shandong Province). At this time, the Zhu Liang Empire also felt that things were getting worse, and hurriedly sent Liu Wei to lead 100,000 heavy troops to Huanshui (now 30 miles southwest of Wei County, west of Daming County, Hebei Province) to defend against the Wei and Jin troops. Seeing that the war was about to break out, He Delun didn't dare to be careless, and urgently asked Li Cunxu, King of Jin, to come to support him in person.Li Cunxu also planned to complete his merits in one battle, and decided to personally lead the main force out of Shanxi to Linqing to join Li Cunshen to ensure nothing goes wrong. The current Li Cunxu is obviously much more mature. Although he is approaching the city, he does not fully believe in He Delun.The King of Jin was worried that Liang Jun would perform bitter tricks and trick the Jin army into being fooled.Therefore, Li Cunxu stood still, watched the changes, and waited for the situation to further ferment.He purposely procrastinated to see what kind of medicine He Delun was selling in the gourd. King Jin can wait, he is not in a hurry.But Heldren couldn't take it anymore. He Delun saw that Li Cunxu came to him but did not move, his heart was impatient, like claws scratching his heart.He Delun sent his deputy to Linqing to meet Li Cunxu in secret, and explained to the king of Jin the facts and facts of the Liang army and the Wei army, and asked the Jin army to quickly march into Weizhou and encircle Weizhou.Not only that, He Delun's messenger also brought a message to Li Cunxu, telling about Zhang Yan's misdeeds of committing chaos, and asking Li Cunxu to get rid of Zhang Yan.It may not be He Delun's sincerity to invite the Jin army into the city, but getting rid of Zhang Yan is indeed his most urgent wish. After Li Cunxu figured out the details of the situation, he led the army to Yongji (according to the administrative division set up by the Tang Dynasty, south of Linqing, Shandong today).Seeing the friendly army coming, Zhang Yan felt that his strategy had succeeded.He selected 500 soldiers from the Silver Gun Xiaojie Military Academy as guards, brightly armored, well-dressed, fully armed, and came to Yongji to meet and welcome the King of Jin. Li Cunxu did not give Zhang Yan the courtesy of meeting him face to face, but asked Zhang Yan to wait outside the city.Zhang Yan waited outside the city, thinking wildly.While he was nervously and excitedly thinking about how Li Cunxu would reward him, the sound of horns came from the top of the city.Zhang Yan looked up and saw a young and tall general standing under Huang Luo's umbrella.This person is majestic and heroic, and his whole body seems to exude seemingly endless power.Zhang Yan's heart sank, he guessed that this was the famous Jin Wang Li Cunxu. This person is Li Cunxu.Li Cunxu stood majestically at the city gate tower, and said to Zhang Yan at the bottom of the city: "You fellow, dare to look lawless, intimidate the commander, and harm the people. There are an endless stream of people who come to me to accuse you these days. Sending troops to the south is not to covet other people's land, nor is it an act of aggression, but to save the people from the fire and water. Although you have reported to me and surrendered, but I, Hedong, cannot tolerate such treacherous people. I have to punish you for Wei Bo's army and people." When Zhang Yan heard Li Cunxu's words, his head "buzzed", and he was dumbfounded. Six gods ran away from five gods, and his clothes were drenched in cold sweat. Zhang Yan, who took the initiative to join the Jin army, held three hot pots in his arms, thinking that he would be rewarded by Li Cunxu as an official.He never expected to be scolded by Li Cunxu when they first met.Zhang Yan raised his head and loudly begged Li Cunxu for justice.But Li Cunxu was expressionless and had no interest in listening to Zhang Yan's yelling.With a light wave of Li Cunxu's hand, the warriors of the Jin army under the city rushed up, raised their knives and chopped off the heads of Zhang Yan and his seven cronies like cutting watermelon.Seeing this scene, the other silver gun Xiaojie military academies who came with Zhang Yan were terrified, their legs trembled, and their crotches were wet a lot. At this time, Li Cunxu said: "These eight people are the only ones who deserve to die. The others are pardoned. As long as they don't participate in the trouble, they will not be held accountable in the future. From now on, you must be loyal to the king and work hard." Jie Jun, it took a while to realize that his life was saved. These Wei Jun, who were usually arrogant and arrogant, fell to the ground and thanked Li Cunxu a thousand times. Why did Li Cunxu behead Zhang Yan who had surrendered as soon as he arrived at Wei Bo's territory?Isn't he afraid of losing people's hearts?This is the brilliance of Li Cunxu.After weighing between Zhang Yan and He Delun, he chose He Delun. Only by killing Zhang Yan could he subdue He Delun.In addition, Zhang Yan's behavior of committing chaos must not be encouraged. He must kill chickens and scare monkeys to prevent potential turmoil on a wider scale.At the same time, Li Cunxu also found a high-sounding excuse for sending troops to the south. He came to eliminate harm for the Wei people, and put all the shit on Zhang Yan's head.However, Li Cunxu's handling of this matter was very delicate. He only got rid of a few people in Zhang Yan, and did not carry out an expanded anti-revolutionary campaign.It can be said that it is not overdone. In order to appease the Wei army who had come to join him, Li Cunxu gave up his armor and rode on horseback in light fur clothes, and let the silver guns brought by Zhang Yan to accompany him in full armor and march forward together.Not only that, but the treatment and responsibilities of these silver gun soldiers remained the same, and they served as guards in front of King Jin's tent.Li Cunxu's bearing and mind moved Wei Jun, who admired Li Cunxu very much.Li Cunxu's Huairou strategy has worked wonders. After knowing for sure that Wei Bo had gone to live in Hedong, Zhu Youzhen regretted and was afraid.Hurriedly ordered Liu Bing to go out of Huanshui to march into Weizhou, and transferred Niu Cunjie, the Tianping Jiedu envoy from Shandong, to station troops at Yangliu (this is an important ferry of the Yellow River, near Dong'a County, Shandong today).But the veteran Niu Cunjie died of illness as soon as he arrived in Yangliu, and Zhu Youzhen transferred Wang Tan from Shaanxi to replace Niu Cunjie. At this time, Qi Wang Li Maozhen took advantage of the fire and sent Liu Zhijun to attack Zhuliang's Binzhou. In June, He Delun pleaded guilty and went to Kaesong to welcome Li Cunxu into Weizhou City (near Daming County, Hebei today).After entering the commander's mansion, He Delun paid a visit to Li Cunxu, presented the seal letter of Tianxiong Jiedu envoy with both hands, and asked Jin Wang to concurrently serve as Tianxiong Jiedu envoy.Li Cunxu stared at He Delun, and then repeatedly waved his hands to refuse: "I heard that the Biankou persecuted you a few days ago, so I personally led a large army to help. In fact, there is no other meaning. Later, I heard that there was a disaster in the city of Weizhou. People are devastated, so this is why I came to the city to help you rectify order, comfort and appease the soldiers and civilians." He Delun thought that Li Cunxu didn't trust him, so he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this is all the belongings of Tianxiong Fanzhen. It turns out that Wei Bo's seal has been taken away by Zhu Liang, and Zhaode Fanzhen's seal is not with me." Li Cunxu smiled slightly, shook his head and said: "Ming Gong, you misunderstood, you trust me very much, it can be said that you have confided in me, and now you have given up the position of the commander of the feudal town. This is your kind intention, not my original intention. I did not The plan to invade your Weizhou." He Delun saw that Li Cunxu refused to accept, so he gave another deep gift and said to the King of Jin: "Now the Bian bandits are close at hand, and the army has just encountered chaos. People's hearts are unstable, and the situation is difficult. My personal guards were all killed by Zhang Yan. Now I am a bare-handed commander, unable to command with one hand, and there is no way to command the three armies. Once something happens, I am afraid that I will fail the trust of the King of Jin, and I will also live up to the favor of the King of Jin, who has come all the way.” He Delun's words are sincere, reasonable, and there is basically no suspicion of affectation.Li Cunxu also felt that He Delun's words were justified, and it was exactly what he wanted.Li Cunxu thought to himself that he could no longer refuse to act, the fire was almost over.So Li Cunxu accepted Tianxiong Jiedu envoy's seal in a very dignified, justifiable and duty-bound manner.King Jin directly brought Weizhou into the jurisdiction and protection area, and the civil and military officials in Weizhou breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the safety of life and property was finally guaranteed.Qi Shushua thanked Li Cunxu and celebrated this happy day together. Li Cunxu did not "treat" He Delun badly either. In the name of Emperor Li Tang, he conferred He Delun as Datong Jiedushi.Since the errands at the front can't be done, let's go to the rear.Li Cunxu sent He Delun to Datong, Shanxi immediately.But when He Delun walked to Taiyuan, he was detained by Zhang Chengye, the supervisor of Hedong.It is said that it is to stay, but in fact it is forced to stay, and He Delun is not allowed to go to Datong, in other words, He Delun is not allowed to have real power.To say that Li Cunxu and Zhang Chengye are really a perfect match for monarchs and ministers.One plays the red face and the other plays the black face.As soon as the two played a double spring, they seized He Delun's military power and occupied Weizhou without bloodshed.Breathtaking!He Delun used to be the direct descendant of Zhu Quanzhong, and it is sad and emotional to end up like this! Li Cunxu took Weizhou by chance, and the first problem he faced was how to govern Weizhou. tyranny?Huizheng?Continuation of Liang Zhi?Change the course? Restoring order is undoubtedly the top priority.Wei Bo experienced the mutiny and regime overthrow, and the social security was extremely poor.In particular, the soldiers with silver spears and guns in their hands are even more domineering, burning, killing, looting, and doing evil.Li Cunxu adopted a carrot-and-stick approach to this group of people.On the one hand, they were given generous political treatment and attracted a group of people.On the one hand, those who commit crimes and do bad things are merciless and resolutely punished.The scope of strict enforcement is the three major items of "cliques, rumors, and plundering the people", that is to say, it is forbidden to form gangs, to confuse the public with rumors, and to bully the common people. Anyone who violates these three prohibitions will be killed! Li Cunxu's three prohibitions have been resolutely implemented and implemented by one person, this person is Li Cunjin, who is also Li Keyong's pseudonym.Li Cunxu transferred Li Cunjin, who was the governor of Qinzhou at the time, to be the patrol envoy of Tianxiongdu, equivalent to the police chief.Li Cunjin not only conscientiously implemented Li Cunxu's three prohibitions, but also took a step further to strictly control the scale, and deal with it at the slightest touch, and deal with it strictly and quickly. As soon as Li Cunjin arrived in office, he arrested a group of guys who were suspected of spreading rumors by running the train with their mouths full of words.They also arrested a group of soldiers who robbed the common people of money and food. Even if they only grabbed a penny and robbed a green onion, they dragged them to the street to beheaded and dismembered to feed the dogs.Li Cunjin's strikes were ruthless enough, and within ten days he had suppressed those once invincible soldiers with silver guns, and no one would dare to act recklessly and prick their mouths.Controlling the silver gun effect, the others are just rookies in comparison. They have long been frightened and silent, dare not vent their breath, dare not step through the gate, dare not go to the street, dare not urinate and defecate indiscriminately. After stabilizing the law and order, Li Cunxu still mainly used the old Zhu Liang to govern Weizhou. Since He Delun was deceived by Li Cunxu and Zhang Chengye to leave Weizhou, the former Tianxiong judge Sikong Bing was the first to be reused.Li Cunxu was mainly busy with the war. Although he also served as Tianxiong Jiedushi, he didn't have much time to manage military and political affairs.Therefore, the daily work of the Tianxiong Military Mansion was handed over to Sikong Bing.This Sikong Bing was entrusted by He Delun to go to Li Cunxu's camp to persuade Li Cunxu to march into Weizhou City and behead Zhang Yan.Probably because of this meeting and his official position, Li Cunxu had a good impression of Sikong Bing and chose him as the person in charge of the daily work of the Tianxiong Military Mansion. Sikong Bing has some talents, he is quick to do things, and he also has some eloquence and ideas, but this kid is narrow-minded, relying on Li Cunxu's trust to do his best, retaliates against those who disagree with him, and is greedy for money and bribes, extravagant.With these few points, it can basically be determined that this guy is not a good cadre, the masses don't like him, his colleagues hate him, and his leadership is difficult.It's just that he is familiar with the daily work in the territory of Weizhou, and it is still useful, so Li Cunxu is tolerant and forbearing towards him. The biggest problem with people like Sikong Bing is not greed for money and power, but that they are easily confused, can't find the north, and don't know how many bowls of dry rice they have to eat.The characteristic of this kind of villain is that once he gains power, he will be stunned, tail-cocked, and self-inflated.At this time, the disaster of killing oneself is not far away.Sikong Bing mistakenly thought that Li Cunxu was easy to be deceived, so he wanted to take Li Cunxu out of the sky and completely bring Tianxiong Fanzhen under his control.Sikong Bing took an important step beyond presiding over the day-to-day work.He planned to secretly summon his nephew from Henan to Weizhou to assist him in further stealing Tianxiong's military and political power. But there are villains behind villains.The envoy sent by Sikong Bing to Henan was intercepted by Changyu, Marquis of Yu, the capital of Tianxiong.Zhang Yu uncovered Sikong Bing's conspiracy and reported it to Li Cunxu.Li Cunxu became very angry. He questioned Sikong Bing: "I trust you so much that I entrust Tianxiong's military and political affairs to you, and you actually do this behind my back! Can't you tell me first?" Do you want to do it again?" The matter has come to this point, the words have come to this point, the nature of the incident has been finalized, and the result can be imagined.Sikong Bing was copied and beheaded by Li Cunxu.A critter of political opportunism dies unexpectedly. The second old Wei Bo that Li Cunxu reused was relatively successful.This person is the tax bureau and finance director of Weizhou, named Kong Qian.Kong Qian is smart and capable, good at calculating accounts, and even better at making money. He is well-organized and has detailed subjects.Li Cunxu asked Kong Qian to be responsible for managing the financial revenue and expenditure of the military mansion.Kong Qian is better at doing things than Sikong Bing. Not only is he competent in his duties, but more importantly, he pays great attention to hiding and protecting himself. He is polite to civil and military officials, and no one can offend him. Favored by Li Cunxu.During the war between Jin and Liang for more than ten years, the Weibo area was the hardest hit area. Kong Qian strategized and effectively guaranteed the supply of the Jin army.Weibo became the second military supply base for the Jin army to attack far away. Weizhou, which was originally the northern bridgehead and gateway of Zhuliang, fell into the control of Hedong, which dealt a great blow to the Zhuliang Empire.Although Zhu Youzhen regretted the reckless move to reorganize the feudal town at the time, it was too late.The most urgent task is to find a way to take Weizhou back. Zhu Youzhen pinned his hope of recovering Weizhou on the general Liu Wei. Liu Po ​​was originally a general under Wang Shifan, brave and resourceful.Later, in Zhu Quanzhong's battle to pacify Wang Shifan of Qingzhou, Wang Shifan was defeated and Liu Po ​​was surrendered by Ge Congzhou in Yanzhou.Liu Po ​​is good at surprise attacks when he uses troops. He can use hundreds of tricks in one step, and his troops can change infinitely. He has followed Zhu Quanzhong through battles and belongs to the older generation of generals. Now the Zhuliang court sent Liu Po ​​to resist Li Cunxu, which is really a difficult task.First of all, in terms of power balance, Liang Jun is not as good as Jin Jun.Secondly, in terms of the political situation, the Jin army also has the upper hand.The third is that in terms of the power to command operations, Liu Po ​​was repeatedly interfered by the central court in the rear and could not be recruited exclusively.In terms of the supply of the fourth military supplies, Liang Jun basically fought alone, and fell into a situation of starvation within a few days.From the very beginning, this war was doomed to be a tragic failure, which made Liu Wei, a famous general, fall into a quagmire of sorrow. Liu Po ​​launched a protracted, wits and courageous, dangerous, arduous and arduous mobile warfare and positional warfare with the Jin army on the Qianli Plain. Liu Po ​​believes that the main force of the Jin army is in Weizhou, and Jinyang must be empty in the rear.He planned to raid Li Cunxu's lair thousands of miles away in order to "encircle Wei and save Zhao".Liu Po ​​left a small number of troops in Nanle City. They should be beating drums, cooking, and patrolling all day long. He himself led the main force and quietly marched from Huangze to Shanxi. After Liu Po ​​left, there was no fighting between Liang and Jin for several days, and the Jin army became suspicious, thinking that Liang Jun was abnormal.Li Cunxu didn't know the bottom line in his heart, and he didn't dare to be careless at all. He knew Liu Yan's scheming skills very well, and he was a well-known general in Zhuliang Kingdom.In a duel between masters, victory or defeat can happen in a blink of an eye, and Li Cunxu is well versed in this.He sent scouts several times to find out what Liang Jun was.Later, I finally figured out that Liu Wei's army had gone, and what were wandering back and forth on the city were just dozens of donkeys scattered around, carrying scarecrows that looked like Liang Jun wandering back and forth to confuse the Jin army. Jin Wang Li Cunxu was taken aback. Knowing that something was wrong, he went on an expedition with his own troops. The main force was on the front line, leaving the rear empty.Once Liu Wei succeeds, the consequences will be unimaginable, and decades of foundation will be destroyed.Li Cunxu immediately ordered to pursue Liu Po, and sent an urgent notice to all the fortresses, asking the garrison to return to Jinyang overnight. The Jin army chased in a hurry, and the Liang army also walked hard.Because God really doesn't help Liu Po. Liu Po ​​encountered heavy rain.It was extremely difficult for Liang Jun to march along the way, and in order to conceal their whereabouts, they took all the trails in the mountains.Due to long-term immersion in muddy water, most soldiers of Liang Jun suffered from gastroenteritis and swollen legs and feet, and a large number of soldiers stumbled and fell into cliffs and deep valleys.On the other hand, the Jin army urgently notified the defenders everywhere, requesting to return to Jinyang.Part of the Jin army rushed into Jinyang ahead of Liu Po, and quickly organized defenses.A part of the Jin army pursued Liang Jun closely. When he arrived in Leping, Liu Po ​​was in a desperate situation. The soldiers were seriously injured and all the marching rations they carried were exhausted.At this time, he also got the news that the Jin army was on guard before and the Jin army was chasing after it.Liang Jun, who was tortured by bad weather, rugged mountain roads, hunger, illness, exhaustion, and frustration caused by the leakage of the surprise attack strategy, panicked. At the critical moment when the army's morale was slackened, Liu Wei stood up, holding the saber in his hand, his gray eyebrows and beard trembled with his loud shouting.Liu Po ​​shouted: "Brothers, we have traveled thousands of miles away from home and entered the enemy's territory. We have been confronted by the enemy, and the mountain roads are dangerous. There is no way out. Now we can only hope to survive if we fight to the death!" When Liu Po ​​said this, Liang Jun The impulse to survive from a desperate situation was stimulated, the team temporarily stabilized, and had to reunite to face the enemy and death. Now that the strategy was seen through and Jinyang was prepared for defense, Liu Po ​​made a decisive decision and stopped attacking Jinyang, diverted his route and retreated eastward to attack Linqing, which was occupied by Li Cunshen.Linqing is the supply base for the frontline troops of the Jin Army. Liu Po ​​intends to go to Linqing to supplement himself with food and weaken the enemy at the same time. Just as Liu Po ​​turned around and headed east, General Zhou Dewei from Hedong also came to rescue him from Youzhou.Zhou Dewei is all cavalry, and his speed is obviously better than that of Liu Wei.While chasing Liu Po, Zhou Dewei created public opinion to shake Liang Jun's morale.周德威将捉获的梁军侦察兵砍断手腕再释放回梁营，并欺骗他们说幽州援军已经进驻了临清，临清城固若金汤。 在周德威释放的假消息欺骗之下，刘鄩部队再次出现恐慌，认为袭击临清也没有了希望。就在刘鄩到达临清附近时，他陷入了犹豫。他知道周德威是河东名将，不好对付，况且再加上一个李存审，决战临清一定是败少胜多。其实此时幽州骑兵还在梁军背后，可刘鄩不知情。就在梁军驻足不前的一刹那，周德威率领骑军风驰电掣地从刘鄩大营穿过，抢先一步进入了临清。 梁军是又悔又惊，刘鄩奇袭临清的计划失败。 晋军已经加强了守备，刘鄩只好放弃临清，转而向北向贝州（今河北省南宫市东南）杀来。刘鄩带着主力梁军杀向哪里，晋军就追向哪里。因为刘鄩的目标都是晋军的软肋。周德威和李存勖分别率军赶来贝州救援。贝州城下晋梁两军发生激战，互有胜负。贝州久攻不下，刘鄩进军驻扎在了莘县（今山东西部的一个县城）。 刘鄩的行军路线图走了一个横着的8字。先从南挺进西北，再从西北转战东部，再从东向北，现在从北退缩到东南。 到了莘县后，刘鄩决定不走了，也没有其他地方可去了。几个月时间，他奔波了一大圈，行军超过一千里，与晋军大小数十仗，士兵减员不少，粮草供应几乎断绝。刘鄩开始深挖沟、高筑墙，改主动出击为防御策略，打算固守莘县以待时机。 李存勖那边也不好过，被刘鄩折腾得心惊肉跳，被迫调集动员了几个战场的力量投入战斗。这仅仅是朱梁帝国的一支作战部队，就有如此之大的作战及牵制能力。如果北边的契丹、西边的李茂贞及朱梁的其他前沿要塞也出兵攻打河东，河东将陷入首尾不能相顾、腹背受敌、分身乏术的困境。李存勖决定与刘鄩速战速决，尽快结束这场战争。 速战方针确定后，李存勖在莘县城外安营下寨，全力攻打，一日之间与梁军大小数次战斗。 与李存勖的急切速战心理相反，刘鄩采取的是长期相持拖延战术。为了筹集粮草，刘鄩在莘县与黄河之间开挖了一条地沟，通过这条战备要道梁军从黄河转运粮草。此时的千里黄河中下游在梁军掌握之中，因此，通过漕运可以接济刘鄩的前线部队。 小小莘县是否可长期固守呢？ 战火烧到国门的梁帝朱友贞下一步会做何抉择呢？ 劳师伐远的晋王李存勖是进还是退呢？